GRANIAN "ON MY OWN TWO FEET" (Granian)

November 20, 2004|By Tom Coombe Of The Morning Call

ROCK "Mark my words, this is the last you'll hear from me," Garen Gueyikian (aka Granian) sings on the second track of "On My Own Two Feet." Two thoughts come to mind: Oh, please let that be true. And, even if it were, how would anyone know? What difference will it make if someone else joins the Puddle of Linkinback horde? Granian, a Holmdel, N.J. native, was -- amazingly -- Spin magazine's "hottest unsigned artist on the planet," or so says his press kit. It's hard to see why. That's not to say Granian is awful, but just unremarkable. He's a drop in the ocean of tortured sounding vanilla singer-songwriters that has been drowning us for years. However, the women who inspire albums like "On My Own Two Feet" should be forced to do community service.